Vehicle-wheel.



S. l. SHEPPARD & A. MUNRO.

VEHICLE WHEEL. APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1915.

Patented Dec. .28, 1915.

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- S. T. SHEPPARD & A. MUNRO VEHICLE WHEEL.

' APPLICATION man MAY 22, 1915.

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SHEPPARD AND ABSHJEBALD lVIUNl'tO, OF GARDEN CITY, MINNESOTA; SAID IJIU'NRO ASSIZGNOR TD SAID SHE'EPAR-D.

VEHICLE-'WHEEL.

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Patented Dec.

Application filed May 22, 1915. Serial No. 29,943.

' rann and Ancnrnano Moivno, citizens of the United States, residing at Garden City, in

the county of Blue Earth, State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Vehicle-iiheel, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this'application is awheel adapted to be used upon automobiles and other vehicles.

The invention aims to provide novel means for effecting a resilient connection between the inner rim and the outer rim of the wheel and, specifically, the invention aims to improve the bracket and spring elements whereby an operative connection is afiorded between the parts above alluded to.

It is within the province of the'disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made Within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a wheel embodying the present invention, parts being broken. away and sectioned; Fig. 2 is an elevation wherein the wheel is viewed edgewise, parts appearing in section; Fig. 3 is section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1; 4 is a fragmental circumferential section of the wheel, distant parts of the. springs being omitted; F 5 is a fragincntal perspective showing a portion of the inner rim; Fig. 6 is a fragmental perspective showing the outer rim and one of the brackets, the rim and the bracket being spaced apart; Fig. '7' a plan, looking at the inner curve of the outer rim, the bracket being broken away, and the spring holding cap being removed; Fig. 8 is a perspective showing the spring holding cap.

the accompanying drawings the letter rdesi. a hit; from. which radiate spokes s sup rim 0, shown in the drawing... ..s trough shape. As shown best in Fig. l, the inner rim c'is provided at intervals with transverse ribs 6 located on the concaved face of the inner rim and 7 preferably disposed upon each side of the spokes s. As shown in Fig. :3, the inner rim 0 is provided with a plurality of openings 6. Seated on the inner rim 0 and held against movement circumferentially or the rim by means of the ribs Z are curved or arched brackets (Z, shaped as shown at y' to conform to the transverse curve of the inner rim 0. In the brackets (Z are formed openings w adapted to line up with the openings 2? in the inner rim 0. Securing elements a: mounted in the openings 10 and t serve to hold the brackets d on the inner rim 0. The ends a of spring rods m are mounted in the ends of the brackets rZ there being preferably two of the rods 'm, to each ofthe brackets. Intermediate their ends, thespring rods m are bent upon themselves to form loop-shaped lugs 70 which extend circumferentially of the wheel. Between the lugs is and the ends 2 of the rods m the rods are lint upon themselves to form resilient-convolutions c which project toward the hub 1'.

The invention comprises an outer rim a supporting a tire 7), the latter preferably being solid, since one object of the invention is to dispense with pneumatic tires and like elements subject to puncture and deterioration. At intervals, the outer rim a is equipped with bosses at having transverse main seats f into which open auxiliary seats '5 prolonged circumferentially of the wheel in opposite directions. In the bosses n are formed openings 29.

T he spring rods m it in the main seats f the loop-shaped lugs 7.: being received in the auxiliary seats Superposed upon the spring rods m are caps 9 having openings h adapted to receive securing elements 9, entering the openings p in the bosses n on the outer rim a. 4

Owing to the peculiar manner in which the spring rods m are interlocked at k with the auxiliary seats i on the outer rim a, and owing to the function exercised by the cap g, the spring rods m and the brackets (Z may be held securely to the outer rim 0-, the convolutions c affording the necessary resiliency.

Having thus described the in volition, what is claimed is In a device of the class describwl, an inner rim; an arched bracket disposed n-mSversely of the inner rim and secured thereto; a upon the rod, between the convolutions; and

spring rod connecting the ends of the means for securing the cap to the outer rim.

bracket, the rod being provided intermedi- In testimony that We claim the foregoing ate its ends with a circumferentially extendas our own, we have hereto aflixed our signa- 5 ed lug, and being provided upon each side tures in the presence of two Witnesses.

of the lug with resilient convolutions; an SAMUEL T. SHEPPARD. outer rim embodying a transverse seat re- ARCHIBALD MUNRO. ceiving the rod, there being an auxiliary cir- Witnesses: cumferential seat opening into the main seat 0. O. DAILEY,

10 and receiving the lug; a cap superposed DORA \V.DA1LEY.

Copies of I this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

